Wellesley College grabbed top honors this week, ranking number one in “Napping Quality” in the 2017 U.S. News Best College rankings released on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Cornell University and University...
Permanent contraceptive Essure under FDA investigation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 that it will require a black box warning designed to call attention...
02/16/16 Non-emergency maintenance 4:56 p.m. Schneider Center.
The reporting person (RP), a Wellesley College (WC) employee, reported water leaking in the basement break room. Facilities Management was...
01/30/16 Wellesley Police assist 11:56 p.m. Hallowell House. The reporting person (RP), the Town of Wellesley Police Department (WPD), called requesting a Wellesley College Police Department (WCPD) unit...
Pesticides have always been considered a necessary evil to ensure that the crunch from Caesar salad comes from croutons and not from an unexpected beetle. Although pesticides are capable of eliminating...
Wellesley College’s convenient location at the halfway point of the Boston Marathon route has offered students the opportunity to enthusiastically cheer on runners for generations. Marathon Monday is...
Editor’s note:
Due to confidentiality reasons stipulated by the College, the names of candidates could not be published. The candidate interviewed for this article will not be addressed by name.
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Sarah Allen and Heather Matilla amongst professors awarded tenure this year.
This year, 13 faculty members were given tenure, a large number compared to previous years. The Committee on Faculty Appointments...
Wellesley commemorates Asian Awareness Month
The College celebrates Asian Awareness Month annually by hosting events to spread awareness and engage students in conversations about issues faced by minorities...
Harvard professor Steven Pinker lectures on free speech
Steven Pinker, a renowned psychologist, author and professor at Harvard, spoke at Wellesley on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The lecture, “Three Reasons...
Dean DeMeis follows up on damaged roofs, including leaks
Dean DeMeis assures the Wellesley community that Facilities are working their hardest and fastest to ameliorate the damage to buildings after the...
Wellesley 20/20, a student activist organization that is dedicated to help instate a trans-inclusive admissions policy beginning with the Class of 2020, recently released an online petition addressed to...
New Exhibitions Featured in Davis Museum
The Davis Museum presents several new exhibits for spring 2015. This season’s displays include works from renowned Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli, who is known...
Winter Storm Juno shuts down College
The College closed beginning on midnight on Monday, Jan. 26 and remained closed until Thursday, Jan. 29 due to the snowstorm that caused Massachusetts to issue...
The Student Organization Funding Committee (SOFC) announced earlier this week that it will follow through with its plan to place a cap on printed copies of campus-wide publications such as The Wellesley...
The Student Organization Funding Committee (SOFC) has made changes to several of its policies starting this semester. The changes implemented include asking organizations to record attendance at events,...
With Disability Awareness Month taking place, Wellesley is focusing on the word “disability,” which has recently been called into question by some who find the term insensitive or unrepresentative...
Senate gets ready for College Government Ideafest
College Government (CG) will host Ideafest, formerly known as Hackathon, next Monday, Oct. 27 in Tishman Commons. The event is open to the entire campus...
English Language Resource Center created under Writing Program
Wellesley College has introduced the English Language Resource Center (ELRC), a center for students who did not learn English as their first...
Wellesley drafting formal intellectual property policy to protect rights of its community members
Since the start of this century, countries, companies and colleges alike have been scrambling to protect...
Angus Deaton, a distinguished professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, spoke about inequality at this year’s annual Goldman Lecture in Economics last Thursday. Deaton...
